Insulator for handled vessels



April 18, 1 939 I A. B. DAVIDSON 2,154,667

INSULATOR FOR HANDLED VESSELS Filed June 2, 1937 ATTORNEYS Patented Apr. 18, 1939 UNITED STATES niet? INSULATOR FOR HANDLED VESSELS Alexander B. Davidson, Greensville, Ontario, Canada Application June. 2, 1937, serial No. 146,080

1 Claim.

This invention relates to insulators for handles of vessels adapted to contain hot Water, such as tea pots and the like, and its general object is to provide an insulator to prevent heat from being transferred from the body of the vessel to the handle, so that the latter is retained in a cool condition at all times, with the result the handle can be readily gripped regardless of the heat of the body.

A further object is to provide an insulator of the character set forth, that includes only three pieces in the structure thereof, held together against any possibility of casual separation 01 displacement, and the insulator can be readily xed in position for use between the body and handle, by the use of solder or other suitable securing or binding material.

Another object is to provide an insulator that is simple in construction, inexpensive to manufacture and extremely efficient in use and service.

This invention also consists in certain other features of construction and in the combination and arrangement of the several parts, to be hereinafter fully described, illustrated in the accompanying drawing and specifically pointed out in the appended claim.

In describing the invention in detail, reference will be had to the accompanying drawing wherein like characters denote like or corresponding parts throughout the several views, and in which:

Figure l is a side elevation illustrating my insulators in use with the handle of a tea pot.

Figure 2 is a front view of the insulator per se.

Figure 3 is a vertical sectional view taken through Figure 2.

Figure 4 is a vertical sectional -view similar to Figure 3, but illustrates the tongues extended or prior to being bent in clamped association, as Vshown in Figure 3.

Figure 5 is an edge elevation of one of the outer metal disk plates.

Figure 6 is a front view of the fiber or nonheating conducting body disk.

Figure 7 is a view illustrating the manner of clinching the tongues in clamped association, in completing the insulator.

Referring to the drawing in detail, it will be noted that I have illustrated an insulator of the character set forth, which is of substantially oval shape in outline, but I want it understood that it can be made in any shape desired, and in chicles a body disk I which is formed from fiber or any suitable non-heat conducting material.

The body disk l is shown as being relatively thick and has a pair of openings 2 extending transversely therethroughand spaced an equal distance from the center thereof as well as from the periphery as clearly shown in Figure 6.

Cooperating with the body disk to provide my insulator are outer metallic disk plates 3, one for each side of the body disk and being shaped for fitting association therewith, as shown. The disk plates are identical in the form as shown, and each plate is cut across the center thereof to provide a relatively narrow finger like anchor tongue 4 which is bent at right angles with respect to its plate, as clearly shown in Figure 5, and the tongue of one plate is passed through one opening 2 while the tongue of the other plate is passed through the other opening, so that the tongues not only extend through the openings, but also through the slots 5 provided by the tongues, in the respective plates.

The tongues are of a length to extend a considerable distance beyond the plates and are clinched toward the periphery thereof in counter-sunk clamped association therewith as shown in Figure 3, and by any well known means such as a punch head and anvil block, as shown in Figure 7.

From the above description and disclosure of the drawing, it will be obvious that I have provided an insulator of the character set forth Which includes only three parts in the structure thereof, and the insulators are soldered or otherwise secured in position for use as shown in Figure 1, which illustrates a tea pot including a body A, lug members B extending therefrom and a gooseneck handle C, and the insulators are secured between the ends of the handle C and the lug members B, with the result the handle will be retained in a cool condition, so that it can be readily gripped regardless of the heat of the body.

It is thought from the foregoing .description that the advantages and novel features of the invention will be readily apparent.

It is to be understood that changes may be made in the construction and in the combination and arrangement of the several parts, provided that such changes fall within the scope of the appended claim.

What I claim is:

A heat insulator for a vessel handle and to be connected with respect to the body of the vessel for disposal between the body and the handle, and comprising a relatively thick body disk formed from unbreakable non-heat conducting material and having a pair ofopenings extending transversely therethrough, outer metallic plates engaged with the opposite sides of the disk, an elongated tongue struck from each plate to provide an elongated slot extending along the diameter thereof but terminating short of the peripheries of the plates, the tongue of each plate extending from one end of the slot of its plate and through the openings of the body disk, said plates being arranged with respect to each other so that the tongue of one plate extends through the slot of the opposed plate to engage the ends of the slots opposed to the ends having the tongues connected thereto for the engaged ends of the slots to act as abutment means for the tongues, and said tongues being bent about the engaged ends of the slots and clamped against the outer faces of the plates in a manner to be counter-sunk therein.

ALEXANDER B. DAVDJSON. 

